Angus man diagnosed with chronic lateness

[jake]

Tayside man Jim Dunbar has been late for everything — late for work, for football matches, for holidays.

He has kept women waiting on a first date, turned up to meals with friends hours after he should have, and even arrived for funerals long after they’ve begun.

But the 57-year-old said it isn’t his fault, after his poor timekeeping was diagnosed as a medical condition — at a hospital appointment he was half an hour late for.

Despite his chronic lateness diagnosis, Jim, who has spent most of his life in Fintry, Dundee, still struggles to arrive on time as he tackles the incurable condition.

Recently Jim, who now lives in Forfar, tried to go to the cinema. Knowing that it could be a problem getting to the DCA in Dundee for a 7pm screening, he gave himself an 11-hour head start.

Jim said: “I got up at 8.15am to go to a David Bowie film at the DCA that started at seven o’clock — and I was 20 minutes late. I get down about it and it’s disturbing for other folk when you arrive late.”

In his living room, the former Dundee City Council worker has a special clock that uses radio frequencies tuned to a national transmitter to make sure the time it displays is always exactly right, down to the second. It doesn’t help.

He has tried wearing a watch, setting his clocks fast and trying to arrive at places early, but still hasn’t found a solution.

He has had the problem all his life — he can remember being late for school at Longhaugh Primary as a five-year-old — and, until his diagnosis, blamed himself.

Jim’s condition affects the same part of the brain as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and means that he cannot properly gauge how long things take.

“It is really depressing sometimes,” he added. “I can’t overstate how much it helped to say it was a condition.”

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/loc...eness-1.124653

[jake]

Jim’s condition affects the same part of the brain as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and means that he cannot properly gauge how long things take.

How long it takes to eat 5 pies!

[Arthur Little]

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/loc...eness-1.124653

Jim’s condition affects the same part of the brain as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and means that he cannot properly gauge how long things take.

I read that article in yesterday's 'Courier' Jake. Thanks for posting it here.

... one thing's for sure ... he'll most definitely be "late" for
his own funeral!

[jake]

I read that article in yesterday's 'Courier' Jake. Thanks for posting it here.

... one thing's for sure ... he'll most definitely be "late" for
his own funeral!

By the look of him he will probably be "early" for his own funeral

[Arthur Little]

How long it takes to eat 5 pies!

Nae time at a' ... if the pehs ur frae Wallaces.

[Arthur Little]

By the look of him he will probably be "early" for his own funeral

Aye, ... he's a bit BLOATED around the chops.

[jake]

Nae time at a' ... if the pehs ur frae Wallaces.

An a wee can o Irn bru tae wash it doon wi

I remember the Wallace bakery from my younger days My mums sisters lived in Dundee and Groughty Ferry and we would often buy pies to take home.

[jake]

Aye ... he's a bit BLOATED around the chops.

[lordna]

Filipinos are normally late for everything. Does this mean that.........

[raynaputi]

This medical condition can be a great excuse for the Filipinos

[Ako Si Jamie]

An a wee can o Irn bru tae wash it doon wi

I remember the Wallace bakery from my younger days My mums sisters lived in Dundee and Groughty Ferry and we would often buy pies to take home.

You're not a sweaty are you Jake?

Not sure if I should come to Laguna now in all honesty.



Seriously though, I won't be able to make Laguna this time because of my mahal's requests but I could be in Lipa City for a night.

[jake]

You're not a sweaty are you Jake?

Not sure if I should come to Laguna now in all honesty.



Seriously though, I won't be able to make Laguna this time because of my mahal's requests but I could be in Lipa City for a night.

Aye. At least my accent doesn't send people to sleep

Let me know your plans once you have been 'told' where you are going

[Ako Si Jamie]

Aye. At least my accent doesn't send people to sleep

Let me know your plans once you have been 'told' where you are going

I take it you are referring to the Brummie accent? Nice try but I have a southern accent.

And I don't get 'told' anything . It's the first time she's asked to go to a specific place. In this case it's Tagaytay and Bolinao.

[Ako Si Jamie]

Just sorted my dates out Jake and the closest I will be to Laguna will be Tagaytay on 27th and 28th of November. Couldn't fit in Lipa City unfortunately.

Next year though, we might be doing Bicol as well as Laguna.